Stable Block Approximately 50 Metres North West Of Newburgh Priory

This is a former stable block, dating to the early 18th century and built for the 4th Viscount Fauconberg, possibly with design input from William Wakefield. It is located approximately 50 metres north-west of Newburgh Priory. The block was altered in the mid-19th century and is now used for storage and also houses an electricity sub-station.

The building is constructed of ashlar sandstone, some pecked and some rendered, with ashlar dressings and Welsh slate roofs. Originally designed with a quadrangle plan incorporating a central courtyard, that courtyard was later roofed over. It is two storeys high and originally featured five bays by three. Rusticated quoins are present.

The south side is rendered, with a central 4-panel door under a 3-pane fanlight, set within a door case featuring bonded pilasters, imposts and a round arch with alternately enlarged voussoirs and a tripartite keystone. The ground floor has sash windows with glazing bars, set in rusticated surrounds with stepped voussoirs to flat arches, with alternate voussoirs pecked. Four oculi are positioned between the bays. The first floor has a sill band and 6-pane sash windows in architraves. An ashlar cornice sits above.

The rear elevation is of ashlar construction, with four bays. The ground floor features a sash window with glazing bars in a raised keyed surround, two oculi, another sash window, a central 6-panel door with a keyed surround to the tympanum, and matching elements to the other side. The first floor has 6-pane sash windows in raised surrounds, with the fourth window blind, alongside two chamfered single-light windows to the left. A cornice is present. Brick ridge stacks are situated between the first and second, and third and fourth bays.

The left return is rendered, with ground-floor openings featuring alternately raised voussoirs. The central doorway has been blocked to create a Diocletian window, flanked by further Diocletian windows. The first floor has a central loading door, flanked by 4-pane sash windows, all set in raised surrounds. The right return is of ashlar, with a central doorway partially blocked to form a 6-pane window, flanked by 6-pane windows within partially blocked keyed openings. The first floor has a sill band and 6-pane sash windows. A cornice is present.

The interior features granite setts on the floor, 19th-century stable fittings, 19th-century gas light fittings and strutted principal rafter roof trusses.